Ratings and reviews

Bottom bar is hard to see and the app doesn’t seem to solve any problem that isn’t solved in other apps and is missing details that about the content it is displaying. Apps that focus on specific formats, like Marked for markdown, are much better at displaying them and giving useful functionality. Trying to pull every format together and reducing functionality isn’t very helpful.

I am genuinely impressed by Telescopo’s performance and privacy standards. I stress-tested it with a massive, data-dense SVG, and the engine handled the rendering flawlessly. Biggest win: Zero outbound network requests. Seeing a developer prioritize local privacy is a massive relief and a huge selling point. Some constructive feedback: - SVG Zoom/Pan: Please extend zoom beyond 200% and smooth out the "grab-to-pan" jitter (currently jumpy compared to the smooth scroll-wheel movement). - A setting to close to the default window rather than quitting the app would be ideal. - Adding the ability to set a custom font would be great. - JSON: This was unfortunately unusable for me and rendered with a serif font. I suspect I am an edge case with my massive JSON documents, but a monospaced font and more robust tree-view handling would help. Markdown and PDF rendering are spot-on. Excited to see this evolve!

The UX is very difficult to read, the transparent bar at the bottom is impossible to see, it’s a distraction from the text. To get support you need to create an account and sign it — too much trouble in 2025, I don’t want another account to have to remember and manage. The problem is not with Tahoe or liquid glass, though I’m sure that makes it worse. The problem is with the toolbar itself, especially on a dark color scheme for the documents (or any that matches the system’s color scheme). The location of the bar at the bottom, and the subtlety of its design, makes it very difficult to use. You can see it clearly in the screenshots, the toolbar is difficult to read, and as you scroll through documents, more so. There is no contrast, and this was done on purpose. For an app that is essentially about viewing, it should focus on visibility and not coolness.

It seemed really promising and I was looking for a Markdown viewer, but the app can't even display numbered lists correctly. Numbered lists!